We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
282 of its 363 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Lisbon accounted for 231 of Portugal's 282 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Hurricane was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone, power cuts and heatwave.
47 of its 57 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 45 of Lucapa's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
230 of its 640 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Malaria was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
264 of its 280 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Hodeida accounted for 203 of Yemen's 264 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (225 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.
328 of its 349 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Mogadishu accounted for 223 of Somalia's 328 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
336 of its 408 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (242 stories). Avalanche was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
69 of its 81 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Algiers accounted for 68 of Algeria's 69 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).
730 of its 1,021 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (188 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
275 of its 390 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Panama City accounted for 267 of Panama's 275 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories).
243 of its 338 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. San Salvador accounted for 222 of el Salvador's 243 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Honduras (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (102 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Oman (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Japan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Oct. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 23,955 stories about harm among 101,604 counted on 14 Oct.
In Portugal, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 24 in every 100 of the day's 101,604 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. A year earlier, on 14 October 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Bulgaria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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